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WSOP 2010 Tournament of Champions

On March 15, 2010, Harrah"s and the World Series of Poker announced that the WSOP Tournament of 
Champions returned on June 27, 2010 when 27 players competed in a freeroll for $1 million in prize money. 
The new format is an All-Star Event format, where the public decided which players participated in the
event from a list of 521 current, living WSOP bracelet-holders.
 Namelijk: Phil Ivey, Daniel 
Negreanu, Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson, Allen Cunningham, Johnny Chan, Scotty Nguyen, Barry Greenstein, 
John Juanda, Erik Seidel, Jennifer Harman, Huck Seed, Dan Harrington, T.J. Cloutier, Sammy Farha, Howard Lederer, Greg Raymer, 
Joe Hachem and Antonio Esfandiari.[1]
Five of the seats were automatically awarded. The reigning WSOP Champion Joe Cada, the reigning WSOP 
Europe Champion Barry Shulman and the three previous TOC winners: Annie Duke, Mike Matusow and Mike Sexton.[1]
The remaining two seats were awarded as sponsors exemptions by Harrah"s they included Andrew Barton and Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier.[1]
On June 27, the 27 players began play in the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, 
the final nine players returned to play the final table on July 4, 2010 in the same location.
First place will pay $500,000, with 2nd receiving $250,000, 3rd earning $100,000, and 4th through 9th each taking home $25,000.
ESPN taped the event for a special 2-hour episode that airs on Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010.
The event was open to spectators to attend, as long as they are 21 years of age or older.
The 2010 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions will feature No Limit Hold"em as the game

Met de kampioenen:

- Annie Duke
- Howard Lederer
- Daniel Negreanu
- Johnny Chan
- Huck Seed
- Barry Greenstein
- Jennifer Harman
- T.J. Cloutier
- Erik Seidel
- Joe Hachem